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lll'nirnn @raras Farrar ISAAC M. WARNER, OF ELKI'IART, INDIANA, ASSIGNORTO ELI CONLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,526, dated May 23,1899.

Application iiled October 26, 1898.

To all whom t may concern:

3e it known that I, ISAAC M. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of In- 5 diana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IvVire Fences, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction io of a fence-postparticularly designed for wire fences and particularly intended for theend or corner post.

The invention consists particularly in the construction of a post havinga foot adapted to rest upon the surface of the ground, with theanchor-rod extending rearwardly therefrom and connecting to an anchor,and an adjustable rigid tie between the base of the post and theanchor-rod, which serves not only to zo hold the lower end of the postagainst the tension of the wires, but also enables ine to adjust thepost as desired.

The invention further consists in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of z 5 the various parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings, Figure I is a side elevation of my post, showing it aserected and showing the manner of putting in the anchor. Fig.

3o 2 is a perspective view of the post with stayrods added to it. Fig. 3is an enlarged elevation of the base of the post, illustrating themanner of attachment. Fig. el is a perspective view illustrating the useof my post as a corner-post of a slightly-moditied form of base, andFig. 5 is a crosssection through the base of the post shown in Fig. 4.

A is the post, which I make of a plain metal piece, preferably a pieceof ordinary piping,

4o round and smooth, and having a base or foot B, adapted to rest uponthe surface of the ground or preferably upon a plate or plates upon theground.

' Where the post is intended for an end post it is desirable that itshould be braced against side movements, and in that case the foot B ispreferably of the construction as shown in Fig. 2, wherein it is formedof pipes D, which extend each way from a T C, in which the post 5o isscrewed. I may and preferably do connect Serial No. 694,629. (No model.)

the end of this foot with the top of the post by means of the stay-wiresE. These, however, are not necessary in ordinary places.

At the top of the post on its rear face I con- A nect the anchor-rod F,which is preferably of the construction shown-that is, at the upper endis a bend or offset portion a, passing through the post and secured bymeans of a nut on the inner face, and at the lowerend substantially inline with the base of the post 6o is a hook l).

F is the lower portion of the anchor-rod, preferably made separate fromthe upper p0rtion and having a hook c at its upper end and at its lowerend engaging with the anchor G. The two hooks on the sections F F areconnected into a hook d on a rigid and threaded connecting or tie rod e,which extends laterally from the anchor-rod, passing through theaperture in the base of the post, and is ad- 7o justable in length bymeans of the nuts 7L engaging the thread on the rod.

The post being thus constructed and the wires H being connected to thepost in any suitable manner and tension placed thereon, it is evidentthat the wires connected to the top portion of said post will exert agreater pull thereon, due to the extra leverage obtained, than the lowerwires; also, that any lateral pull upon the post-top would, on ae- 8ocount of the truss formed by the rods e, F, and FQ cause an upward pullto be exerted up'on the anchor. Thus the upper wires of the post act tohold the foot of the latter upon the ground or the foot-plate, and this,together with the resistance offered by the rod F to cut through theground by sidewise traction, is sufficient to maintain the post in thedesired upright position.

It sometimes happens in putting up the 9o post that it either is not setquite true or else it may be pulled out of verticality, and I find thatit can be adjusted in vertical position by turning the nut 71. one wayor the other, the adjustment being shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.i

The anchor G, I forni from a long plank placed in the pit I. At the e'ndof thev pit I make the undercut J, which extends under the post, andplace the end of the anchorin 10o that undercut under the post. Theanchorrod F', I connect to this plank near the end, so as to make amultiplying-lever, with its long arm extending out from the anchor andcovered with rthe earth that is filled into the pit, thereby increasingthe eiiiciency of the holding power of the anchor, and to prevent thepulling through of the anchor-rod I usually place a large washer K onthe under side of the plank, against which the anchor rod draws. Inpractice this device has proven to be entirely satisfactory, even incase of wire fences, where very heavy tension is placed upon wires.

Where the post is used for a corner-post, I may dispense with the longfoot shown in Figs. l and 2 and simply place a flat disk L at the bottomof the post, with the lug M entering the lowering end thereof to formthe foot, and simply pass the wires around the post, as shown in Fig. 4.

In order to hold the wires in the proper relation to the post withoutthe necessity of notches, grooves, or apertures in the post itself, Iconnect the wires to the post by means of a wire O, which is fastened tothe post at top and bottom, as shown in Figs. l and 4, and isintermediately wrapped around each of the fence-wires, as shown at P inFig. l.

Vhat I claim as my invention is l. In a wire fence, a post to which thewires are connected, a foot adapted to rest on the surface of theground, an anchor-rod extending from the top of the post, an anchor towhich the rod connects, and an adjustable tie-rod from the base of thepost to the anchor-rod, whereby the angle of the post may be adjustedthereby.

2. In a wire fence, a post to which the wires are connected, a footadapted to rest on the surface of the ground, an anchor in rear of thepost, an anchor-rod made in two sections, the upper section connected tothe top of the post and extending down to the bottom, and the lowersection connected to an anchor and extending up to the lower end of theupper section, of a tie-rod to which the adjacent ends are connected,and which is adjustably connected to the base of the post.

3. In a wire fence, a post to which the wires are connected, a footadapted to rest on the surface, an anchor-rod extending to an anchorbelow ground, the anchor ext-ending beneath the post, and some distanceout from the post, the anchor-rod being connected near the end beneaththe post, and a tie connect-` ing the base of the post with theanchor-rod. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ISAAC M. WARNER.'

iVitnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, t OTTO F. BARTHEL.

